A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Zicks
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Zick at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Zicks lived
- 1
1236 East 18th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F Zick, a tailor for T C Morgan 1940
- Hilda Zick, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Newton at 1228 and C H Ruddock at 1242. The block, door by door
- 2
1583 East 41st Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- F Zick, a jam maker at Empress Manufacturing 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Salsbury at 1595. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a jam maker, a stenographer and a tailor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists F Zick at 1236 East 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Zick there as the householder, a tailor for T C Morgan, with Hilda Zick, a stenographer at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists F Zick at 1583 East 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Zick there as the householder, a jam maker at Empress Manufacturing.
Today
1236 East 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1583 East 41st (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Zick F1236 East 18th, p. 226
- Zick Frank tailor T C Morgan1236 East 18th, p. 682
- Zick Hilda sten BC Govt1236 East 18th, p. 682
- *Zick F1583 East 41st, p. 257
- Zick Frank jam mkr Empress Mfg1583 East 41st, p. 682
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Zicks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Zick name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under Z. Want a name removed? Tell us.